Railway car hand brake



Oct. 6, 1931. w. D. PRICE 1,826,636 RAILWAYCAR HAND BRAKE.

, Filed sept. 9, 195

' II /40AM 0. PRICE Patented (M16; 1931' PATE T 66mg WILLIAM 1 PRICE, or: Prunes GEORGES COUNTY; MARYLAND RAILWAY. can HAND BRAKE Applicatio m September 9, 19 0. Serial 1%. 480,763.

Thisinvention'iappertains to brakes, andmore particularly to hand "brakes of the type I generally used -in connection/with railroad rolling stock. x 1 1 I, w :f Oneof'the primary objects of myinven- 'tion is toprovidesa hand brake embodying l anovel operating "drum for exerting-a pull 'on the brake chain or 'rod,1the, drum being 3 so constructed as to obtain desired-leverage in for operating. the brake'chain and forelimi- A ating the useoffltheconventional locking ratchet, wheel and dog, i

i I a Another importantzobject ofmy invention is-the-provi'sion of a hand brakeembodying '7 15 conical shaped operating brake drum prorvided with a spiralgroove 'ext'ending'from I oneend thereof to the other, with an inclined; plane arrangedinpredterminedrelation to the brake drum, the inclined plane slidably' receiving; the goperating yoke; for the pull chain or rod; the yoke being received in the spiral groove, whereby upon turning of the drum-the yokex can be fed from one end of 2 theinclined'plane to the other, theinclined g F plane and the wall of the groove of the drum l'cons'tituting alocking wedge for holding the 1 yoke in its desired adjusted position eliminating the use oftheordinary ratchet Wheel a'nd pawl.-

; Q Another salientobject of my invention is the provision of novel means for mounting the inclined plane and conical winding drum trelativetofone' another, whereby a compact 'andefficient structure will'be had. I

a A; still further object of my invention is f ncostyr a a ":With these theat objects in-Iviewpthe -invention consists in thenovel construction, r utarrangement and formation ofparts, as w ll be hereinafter more ispeclfically' 'descr bed I claimed; andjillustrated in the accompanying drawmg's;in whlchdrawmgsz I r r Figure '1' isan'; end elevation of irn-l 6 proved-mechanism; I I i I c Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, the

end wall of the railway car being shown in vertical section, parts of my mechanism belng llkewlse shown broken away and in section;

. 55 F1gure. 3 1s a detail section taken through .my improved mechanism onthe line 3 -3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure tis a vertical section illustrating '60 a slightly modified form of my invention.

F gure 5 is a section taken on theeline ;5 5' ofFigure 4 looking in the directionfloi .the arrows.

Referring to the drawings i-n detail, .05

wherein similar reference characters desig ,nate corresponding parts throughout the several. views, the letter A' generally, indicates one form of my improved 1br ake mechanism asillustrated in Figures lllOjBfl) inclusive.

My improved mechanism A comprises a rotatable brake shaft lO rot-atably supported in a horizontal plane by supporting bracket generally indicated by the reference 75 character 11. This bracket is-of a substantially U-shape and includes the upper. and

.lower diverging legs 12 and 13 and the connecting bight portion 14. The terminals of the legs 12 and 13 have formedlthereon the 1 30 attaching ear 15 through which extends the retaining elements 16. These retaining elements 16- extend through the end wall 7 of the railroad car indicated by the reference character C. It is to be noted that the brakes?) shaft 10 likewise rotatably extends-through the end wall 7 of thecar C and through'the bight portlon .14: of the bracket 11. The shaft 10 is arranged closer to the leg 13 than the leg 12, for a purpose, which will be more; 90 fully pointed out, but it is to benotedat this'time that the 1eg13 c on stitutesan i1,

'clined plane vand guide.

, Keyed or otherwise rigidly secured to the shaft 10 forrotation therewithis 'the Wind-p9 ing'drum 18 which is ofa conical shape and this drum' has its outer surface provided with a spiral groove 19 extending from 'one end thereof to the other. The winding drum l8is arranged in relative'close proximity; to;

' i ,thelleg' 13am} is spaced a considerable dis- .7 v v tance from the leg'l 2. The shaft'lOlikewise 1 jhas s'ecurecl thereto a-hand WheelQOWh'ereby fthe br'ake'f shaft 10 021111 be relatively easily -5 1'r0tated. i l

i I15 my v The hang r braeketguide leg l3'slidably '7 j receives the; yeke if 10011321 and, this yoke or 10015 has rfii vbtzil-ly eonnefecl thereto the .sp'ull rocl 0 11 brake chain 22; The extreme" 1 ppe e g' pihe- .1 eell iy d a at 2,3 "*relyedf yx ithin the siiiir'al? V 7 pullohthe inner end'of the brake chain it'n' "iipfiitrd pull '1 on "the body "portion .hfiIQQfss films bx eeie about the Setting transversely "2th groove 19. i

V This pull hain fer rod 22 gs fiastg;u e;-- rdinary brake 1711 1 11 15. 11 ofihe Gi improved brake operating device func-' the yblzemiup' thehnclinedp1ane'13 whic'h f'ele ea; 1:116 we willabe held iii its m'ounted i'ii e 'cleio'eml the; a ifeing fq'rmedleiithe'i'euter 251 h we a 1 bu I" prefer to' use mullet -hi tr pfi i s i e'x ilfi y tei h r h *iinj liha tsmppef''nd bolted gicefeflthe czir pl fij i ft vhile n p efe'rree Y Erq n lthe; io egoing descniptiohy 'it can be e w nd irig 31 tanglbl (l-fe pib'vitlefagilihnee ted thereto the brake c ha'iri 38 iii this i I particular instancethe brak chain is trained ever the guide pulley 39 frotatably supported by the depending hanger bracket 40'Which is -"arranged] in rear 7 of'the hanger bracket 27;

In operation of thislferm of my improved desiredsdirection the y ke or loep 36- Willbe e l o gthei i gliued plague- 34 dueto the spirzil' g ibove 32""Which5will exert a downthe bieke, The arrangement of the yoke '37 r'elative to the inclinecli 116g 34: m d; the some by" eliminating the use of locking 'i'atehet Wheels v paw it is: clesilte l to release the br'ake it is merelyfIiecesser-y to utllill the shat-17 25 in the eppositefdilneetieit which iw'i'll feedthe ybkGj3I1PWaJBdtO- and the ear 7 seeh that Llia ve 'p'roxti-clecl; an: exceptiefmlly simple ahd clumblefdey ie embdyin'g mminifu ctienftq; bring beut tl clesire'cl What 1-: claim as thef d ium ii'clistetidnz tive theretoQ- ai cl a; yol* slliidziblefen rotateble' 9 1 i h i ef arlisin', zt mt'zitable.

dalqleje ttlm'in- "is-shell thtth eyoke. will beweclgied: in 1 placeagainst'aecitlentall movement 'a ildithereo with arranged adjacent to the closely located leg,;said cone drum having a spiral groove 7 extending from one end thereof'to the other,

"arranged'in close proximity to the inclined leg, a yoke slidableon the inclined leg re- Vceived in said groove, and a pull Inembercon- 1 ne cted with the yoke.

5. In a hand brake mechanisrn, a support, a bracket connected with the. support, a brake V shaft rotatable in the bracket and support,

the bracket including an inclined leg, a cone drum received in the bracket and secured to the shaft for rotation therewith provided \vith'a spiral groove, the cone drum being 6. In ahand brake mechanism, a support,

a bracket of substantially V-shape secured.

to one face of the support and including a pair of diverging legs and a connecting bight portion, a brake shaft rotatable in the bight 7 portion and support,- and arranged in closer proximity to one leg than the other, a cone drum secured to the shaft for rotation thereayoke slidable on the closely located; leg

' having a transverse arcuate face received in the-spiral groove, and a pull member connected with theyoke. ,7 I p I, 1

' I n testimony whereof I affix mysignature.

' o WILLIAM D.- PRICE.

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